Happy New Year!! A new beginning of the year to get some resolutions started and to hope for a better year. I have decided to do something I have never done before is to be inactive from social media for a year. This may seem like a long time but honestly, there are a few reasons why I am staying away from social media.
1.) Social Media Was Distracting Me
I have learned that I tend to use social media when I am trying to avoid facing my issues internally. I tend to use it as a way to distract my feelings and put my focus on something else. I have learned that it’s time-consuming and honestly I won’t be able to process my situations and reflect to take inventory on growth and process. So I decided to just focus on posting on my website and give updates on what’s personally going on. I want to be able to be genuine and real about my feelings and allow God to shape me and mold me.
2.) Social Media Is An Idol.
I tend to have made social media my idol. Like I mentioned above it is a time killer and distraction when I tend to only want to maybe be involved for a good 10mins and tend it goes for an hour of my time. Now is that taking a good measurement of my time? That whole hour could have been used up wisely and I don’t know…. Ummm maybe reading the Bible and prayer? I have complained that I am not where I am spiritually but who’s fault is it to let distractions in? Me.
3.) Social Media Is A Tool
Now I am not saying that Social Media itself is bad and can be used as a tool. There is nothing wrong with that but when you allow social media to take a lot of time it becomes ineffective to your growth. Unless you put aside leisure time. unfortunately for myself, I have a lot of goals I want to accomplish for the New Year that I know I won’t be able to accomplish if I am too busy on social media spending so much time looking at what people are doing instead of focusing on myself and what I want to accomplish through God’s Will. This is a challenge of a lifetime and afterward, I’ll set limits in 2023 so I be more effective and live in the present and get things done.
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